When you run the Windows checkdisk (chkdsk) utility, it may report the disk being in use and recommend that you schedule chkdsk to run the next time the computer restarts, like the following screenshot shows: Windows can’t check the disk while it’s in use. Do you want to check for hard disk errors the next …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/09/25/windows-chkdsk-at-boot-cancelled-by-phantom-keypress/
Systems with i3/i5/i7 chipsets and nVidia video may experience Ubuntu not booting, and instead getting a blank screen with a flashing cursor or corrupt video display. This seems to be an issue with some combination of kernel, video card, and nouveau driver, and appears to stem from the fact that the system technically has two …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/06/06/ubuntu-not-booting-with-nvidia-video/
I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) on to a Dell Vostro 1000. (Yea, yea, I know Natty is just around the corner). During the installation I dropped the terminal box down — ‘cus I’m like that — and noticed the following messages spamming the terminal log: Apr 20 14:17:59 Vostro-1000 kernel: [ 2.814838] atkbd …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/04/24/kernel-atkbd-c-unknown-key-released-messages-on-linux/
Most modern Ubuntu installations use the Gnome Virtual File System (gvfs) to automatically mount network shares, FTP locations, etc. These appear as icons on the users desktop, but not as actual mount points. Take one of my icons for example: If you run mount from a terminal, you’ll notice that it doesn’t appear: xxx@xxx:~$ mount …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/04/23/accessing-media-and-gvfs-mounts-from-the-command-line-in-ubuntu-linux/
With recent Linux distributions (based on the 2.6.28 kernel) the Ext4 file system is considered stable and provides many improvements over Ext3. Ubuntu systems running 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) had the option to format Ext4 during install time, but Ext3 was the default until 10.04 (Lucid Lynx). However, it’s possible (and fairly easy) to upgrade Ext3 …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/04/22/upgrading-your-ubuntu-linux-filesystem-from-ext3-to-ext4/
Laptops which use newer Alps touchpad hardware may experience some lack of functionality as a result of a regression in the kernel psmouse driver — the touchpad is detected and works as a pointing device, but only functions with basic features. Scrolling, disabling tap-to-click, off when typing, and multi-touch (on supported devices) are some of …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/04/15/correctly-recognize-alps-touchpad-on-dell-e6510-in-linux/
When you want to compile something from source in Ubuntu/Debian, the easiest way to install the dependencies required to compile it is to run apt-get build-dep PACKAGE. Unfortunately, there is no built-in command to remove these dependencies. Thankfully, a discussion on Launchpad gives a good solution to this problem. Using this, you can “undo” an …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/04/13/undo-apt-get-build-dep/
If you’re using the closed-source version (the non-OSE) of VirtualBox for virtualization, upgrading your Ubuntu version will likely break your VirtualBox installation. This is because VirtualBox uses dkms to automatically pull in and recompile the kernel modules during a kernel upgrade, but when you upgrade your Ubuntu version, the third-party repository is disabled for compatibility. …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2011/04/02/upgrading-ubuntu-and-closed-source-virtualbox-editions/
CrashPlan on Linux depends on the inotify kernel module to know when files update in real-time. Inotify was merged into the 2.6.13 Linux kernel, so if you’re running a kernel equal to or newer than this, it’s already installed. If not, you’ll have to install it yourself. If inotify is installed, you may need to increase …
Permanent link to this article: http://mikebeach.org/2010/03/20/crashplan-troubleshooting-real-time-file-backup-on-linux/
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